Table 1.
Demographics of contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 who find testing for SARS-CoV-2 acceptable and unacceptable (n = 1,213)
|
Offer accepted
(n = 567) |
Offer not accepted
(n = 646) |
P-value | Test returned (n = 226) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion | 95% CI | Proportion | 95% CI | Proportion | 95% CI | ||
| Sexa | 0.01 | ||||||
| Male | 50.0% (284/567) | 45.9–54.3% | 46.2% (295/638) | 42.3–50.2% | 51.3% (116/226) | 44.6–58.0% | |
| Female | 50.0% (283/567) | 45.7–54.1% | 53.8% (343/638) | 49.8–57.7% | 48.7% (110/226) | 42.0–55.4% | |
| Ageb | |||||||
| Median | 25 | 23–27 | 30 | 27.6–32 | <0.01 | 28 | 24–32 |
| Interquartile range | 16–41 | 19–49 | 15–46 | ||||
| Range | 0–83 | 0–101 | 0–83 | ||||
| Geographyc | 0.15 | ||||||
| East of England | 5.4% (28/518) | 3.6–7.7% | 4.6% (28/614) | 3.1–6.5% | 3.3% (7/209) | 1.4–6.8% | |
| London | 9.8% (51/518) | 7.4–12.7% | 7.7% (47/614) | 5.7–10.0% | 7.2% (15/209) | 4.1–11.6% | |
| Midlands | 17.2% (89/518) | 14.0–20.7% | 19.4% (119/614) | 16.3–22.7% | 15.8% (33/209) | 11.1–21.5% | |
| North East, Yorkshire and Humber | 29.0% (150/518) | 25.1–33.1% | 27.5% (169/614) | 24.0–31.2% | 32.1% (67/209) | 25.8–38.8% | |
| North West | 24.1% (125/518) | 20.5–28.1% | 27.5% (169/614) | 24.0–31.2% | 25.8% (54/209) | 20.0–32.3% | |
| South East | 8.5% (44/518) | 6.2–11.2% | 8.0% (49/614) | 6.0–10.4% | 9.6% (20/209) | 5.9–14.4% | |
| South West | 6.0% (31/518) | 4.1–8.4% | 5.4% (33/614) | 3.7–7.5% | 6.2% (13/209) | 3.4–10.4% | |
| Ethnicityd | 0.45 | ||||||
| Asian | 8.2% (31/377) | 5.7–11.5% | 10.8% (50/463) | 8.1–14.0% | 4.7% (8/172) | 2.0–9.0% | |
| Black | 2.4% (9/377) | 11.0–4.5% | 1.7% (8/463) | 0.7–3.4% | 0.6% (1/172) | 0.0–0.3% | |
| Mixed | 1.6% (6/377) | 0.6–3.4% | 1.1% (5/463) | 0.4–2.5% | 1.2% (2/172) | 0.0–0.4% | |
| White | 84.9% (320/377) | 80.9–88.3% | 84.9% (393/463) | 81.3–88.0% | 80.8% (139/172) | 7.4–8.6% | |
| Other | 2.9% (11/377) | 1.5–5.2% | 1.5% (7/463) | 6.1–3.1% | 2.3% (4/172) | 0.0–0.6% | |
aData completeness for sex: n = 567 testing acceptable, n = 638 testing unacceptable and n = 226 test returned.
bData completeness for age: n = 526 testing acceptable, n = 646 testing unacceptable and n = 210 test returned.
cData completeness for geography: n = 518 testing acceptable, n = 614 testing unacceptable and n = 209 test returned.
dData completeness for ethnicity: n = 377 testing acceptable, n = 463 testing unacceptable and n = 172 test returned.